Net2Phone Intros New Non-PC Net Products
Net2Phone, the Internet telephony carrier, has taken the wraps off a new technology called Your Alternative Phone, or YAP for short. The service, which centers on a new range of Internet telephony hardware, is designed to bring the benefits of discount Net telephony to non-PC users.
Plans call for the new range of Net telephony devices to be sold worldwide this summer, with prices on the initial range of eight YAP systems starting from $40.00.
The aim of the YAP products is to allow Net telephony to enter the mass market. The new systems, which will be sold at minimal costs, will make use of the Net2Phone domestic and international IP telephony network.
The YAP product range splits neatly into two segments - the first is designed for small business and larger (PBX) environments. The consumer products will allow end users to connect any regular phone into Net2Phone's network.
The firm says that all YAP users can enjoy reduced calling rates and free calls for YAP-to-YAP, YAP-to-PC and PC-to-YAP connections – in other words, calls completed wholly across the Net, bypassing the standard voice phone networks.
The initial range of YAP devices includes the YAP Phone, which plugs into the universal serial bus (USB) port on a PC and allows Net2Phone software-driven Net telephony calls; and the YAP Jack, which supports Net telephony calls without the need for a host PC.
Also in the pipeline are YAP Ports, which allow both business and residential users can plug the YAP Port into the back of a computer, and make toll-quality phone calls to any PC or phone. The YAP Port for USB-based PCs has its own voice compression technology that further enhances the quality of the call.
Plans call for a YAP Port also to be made available for serial port connection to a host PC.
Last, but not least, for PBX usage, there is the YAP Multimax, which allows business users to extend their PBXs by up to six Internet telephony lines, each of which will be capable of making and receiving calls, faxes and the like, while simultaneously maintaining a persistent Internet connection.
Jonathan Rand, Net2Phone's executive vice president, said he hopes the YAP system will expand the usage of Internet telephony worldwide.
"YAP is a pioneering product line that will let anyone simply connect their phone system to the Internet and communicate easily and affordably using Net2Phone's products and network," he said.
Net2Phone's Web site is at http://www.net2phone.com.
Reported by Newsbytes.com, http://www.newsbytes.com.